Royston Tan

Hotel Vladivostok

Ravi L. Bharwani, Aaron Wilson

Chris Haywood, Ria Irawan

In a hotel overlooking the Sea of Japan, six disparate stories inter-connect giving time a shape, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another. Murder, sacrifice, betrayal, longing and regret weave into a tapestry of souls remembering and forgetting.

子

Royston Tan

Seeking to reach out to his son, a father expresses his wish to fix a relationship that has become cold and distant.

Cut

Royston Tan

Jonathan Lim, Neo Swee Lin

A musical, all-singing, all-dancing, attack on censorship in Singaporean movies

The Teenage Textbook Movie

Philip Lim

Melody Chen, Caleb Goh

The Teenage Textbook Movie is a film adaptation of Adrian Tan's bestselling 1988 novel The Teenage Textbook. It is a lighthearted look at the lives of four students in Singapore as they start junior college.

Be with Me

Eric Khoo

Theresa Poh Lin Chan, Chiew Sung Ching

Three tales of love wrap around the true story of a blind and deaf woman named Theresa Chan. In the first an elderly shopkeeper is devoted to his sick wife. In the second, two teenage girls become soul mates and lovers. In the third a chubby security guard tries to find the courage to woo a beautiful woman who works in his building.

7 Letters

Kelvin Tong, Eric Khoo

Nickson Cheng, Juliette Binoche

An emotive anthology by seven of Singapore's most illustrious filmmakers, celebrating SG50 through the lives and stories of Singaporeans. Directed by Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, K. Rajagopal, Royston Tan, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, Kelvin Tong.

Hock Hiap Leong

Royston Tan

Jeremy Pang

Hock Hiap Leong pays tribute to this a 55-year old coffee shop on Armenian Street that has been an incessant inspiration to many people. The urban re-development board’s demolishing plans in 2001 inspired the filmmaker to capture this epitaph of history.

Monkeylove

Royston Tan

Hiroaki Muragishi

In the evocative landscape of wintry Hokkaido, Monkeyboy (a young man in a monkey suit) searches for his stolen heart – but even the serene beauty of a mountain cannot redeem the failed connection.

4:30

Royston Tan

Young-jun Kim, Xiao Li Yuan

11-летний Чжан Сяо Ву чувствует себя одиноким. Школа, пустая квартира, лапша из пакетика. Все изменяется с появлением постояльца. Чун, тридцатилетний кореец, приехал в Сингапур, чтобы здесь, на чужбине, покончить с собой. Сяо Ву пробует наладить контакт со своим квартирантом. Ведь обоим так не хватает тепла, понимания, человеческого общения. 4:30 — переломное время суток: уже не ночь, но еще не утро. Момент, когда человек особенно одинок.

小字条

Royston Tan

En Jye Chue, Chen Jing Jun

Living with little wants in the countryside, Zhiren and his mother expressed their love and support for each other in a simple way — by exchanging little notes.

'15'

Royston Tan

Melvin Chen, Vynn Soh

An award winning short with a hyper-kinetic, mind-bending foray into the world of adolescent Singaporean boys. '15': The Short; mixes documentary realism, dream sequences, rapid montages, and other stylistic flurries to unleash a hard-hitting cinematic assault on Singaporean oppression and teen angst.

881

Royston Tan

Qi Yuwu, Mindee Ong

Two Singaporean girls join together to form the Papaya Sisters, a getai group that sings at performances during the seventh lunar month. Big Papaya is estranged from her mother, who disapproves of her performances, whilst Little Papaya is an orphan who suffers from terminal cancer. The two are assisted by Auntie Ling and her son, Guan Yin. The two soon rise to the top of the Singaporean getai scene singing traditional Hokkien songs, but their fame brings along with it the enmity of the Durian Sisters, a rival group of techno-singing Eurasian girls.

15: The Movie

Royston Tan

Melvin Chen, Erick Chun

Fast, frenetic, and furious best describe the story of five teenage boys all but abandoned by the system, estranged from any parents, and discarded by life in general. They build a world of there own in which gangs, drugs, fighting, body piercing, self-harm, and even suicide are considered commonplace. The film highlights their harrowing place in time and this small world; where brotherhood is valued above all else. Impressively acted by actual street kids, the movie highlights a gritty side of modern-day Singaporean life.

想入飛飛

Royston Tan

Joi Chua, Michael Tan

Parking attendant Fei Fei has always dreamed of becoming a singer, like her famous namesake – the legendary Taiwanese singer Fong Fei Fei. Fei Fei decides to follow her heart and joins a national talent contest. Her voice and sincerity captures the nation's heart, pushing her to the finals! But on the final day, her dementia-stricken father disappears…

Letters from the South

Midi Z, Tsai Ming-liang

Lee Kang-Sheng, Huang Lu

Six filmmakers present six short films about the experiences of Chinese immigrants. Shot across Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar, the anthology depicts the crisis of identity that accompanies international migration.

12莲花

Royston Tan

Mindee Ong, Liu Ling Ling

As a child, Lian Hua dreamed of becoming a performer in Singapore's Getai shows, concerts staged the same month each year and featuring emotionally broad songs of love, life and death. However, Lian's father dissuaded her from following her dreams, and while Lian never lost her love for music, her ambitions would be tied to tragedy as she grew to adulthood. As a grown woman, Lian finally seems poised to make her mark as a performer when she joins forces with flashy vocalist Astroboy and heartthrob Ah Long. Ah Long falls for Lian, but their romance comes to an abrupt end and Lian is assaulted by a handful of thugs who want to collect a debt from her father. Ten years later, middle aged Lian thinks she may have another chance at success when she finds new love, but fate has led her to the brink of madness and once again disappointment lies in wait for her.